Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
Psalms 10:3 in other translations
| BSB | For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD. |
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| WEB | For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD. |
| ASV | For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah. |
| YLT | Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah. |
| DARBY | For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah. |
| BBE | For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him. |
| Webster | For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. |
What does Psalms 10:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 10:1-11
God's withdrawings are very grievous to his people, especially in times of trouble. We stand afar off from God by our unbelief, and then complain that God stands afar off from us. Passionate words against bad men do more hurt than good; if we speak of their badness, let it be to the Lord in prayer; he can make them better. The sinner proudly glories in his power and success. Wicked people will not seek after God…
Psalms 10:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 10:3
- Psalms 94:4
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
- Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
- Zechariah 11:5-8
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
- Micah 6:10-12
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
- Job 31:24
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
- Psalms 49:6
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
- Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
- Psalms 35:21
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
- Exodus 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
- Psalms 49:11-13
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
- Isaiah 37:23
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 29:19
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
35:21; 49:6; 52:1; 73:8,9; 94:4; Ex 15:9; Isa 10:7-11; 37:23
Jas 4:13,16
hearts. Heb. soul's. and blesseth, etc. or, the covetousblesseth himself, he abhorreth the Lord.
49:11-13,18; De 29:19; 1Sa 23:21; Job 31:24; Pr 28:4; Ho 12:7,8
Zec 11:5-8; Lu 12:19; Ro 1:29,32; 2Ti 3:2-4; 1Jo 2:15
whom.
Isa 57:17; Jer 22:17; Mic 6:10-12; Hab 2:9; Mt 26:15,16; Lu 12:15
Lu 16:14,15; 1Co 6:10; Eph 5:5; Col 3:5; 1Ti 6:9,10
abhorreth.
5:6; Le 26:30; De 32:19
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Context
- Psalms 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
- Psalms 10:4
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Psalms 10:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por cuanto se alaba el malo del deseo de su alma, y bendice al codicioso, á quien Jehová aborrece. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car le méchant se glorifie du désir de son âme; et il bénit l’avare, il méprise l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn der Gesetzlose rühmt sich des Gelüstes seiner Seele; und er segnet den Habsüchtigen, er verachtet Jehova. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quoniam ecce peccatores intenderunt arcum; paraverunt sagittas suas in pharetra, ut sagittent in obscuro rectos corde: |